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$10.72 +0.15 (+1.42%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:48 PM Eastern
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AVXL vs. MLTX, MTSR, VKTX, MOR, KYMR, ALVO, IMVT, CRNX, CPRX, and HCM

Should you be buying Anavex Life Sciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anavex Life Sciences include MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX), Metsera (MTSR), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), MorphoSys (MOR), Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR), Alvotech (ALVO), Immunovant (IMVT), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNX), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), and HUTCHMED (HCM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Anavex Life Sciences vs. Its Competitors

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) and Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

93.9% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Anavex Life Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anavex Life Sciences has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Anavex Life Sciences had 1 more articles in the media than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Anavex Life Sciences and 3 mentions for MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Anavex Life Sciences' score of 0.45 indicating that MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Anavex Life Sciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anavex Life Sciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/AN/A-$118.94M-$2.30-20.16
Anavex Life SciencesN/AN/A-$43M-$0.55-19.49

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics' return on equity of -30.81% beat Anavex Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsN/A -30.81% -28.40%
Anavex Life Sciences N/A -40.93%-36.38%

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.68%. Anavex Life Sciences has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 310.45%. Given Anavex Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Anavex Life Sciences is more favorable than MoonLake Immunotherapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Anavex Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Summary

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and Anavex Life Sciences tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVXL vs. The Competition

MetricAnavex Life SciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$921.16M$2.91B$5.55B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.22%4.00%
P/E Ratio-19.4921.5627.6420.24
Price / SalesN/A281.65418.75118.07
Price / CashN/A42.7336.8958.10
Price / Book7.557.518.035.67
Net Income-$43M-$55.14M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance13.08%4.61%2.93%3.28%
1 Month Performance29.63%0.90%1.72%3.95%
1 Year Performance155.85%5.40%34.39%20.98%

Anavex Life Sciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.6074 of 5 stars
$10.72
+1.4%
$44.00
+310.4%
+155.8%$921.16MN/A-19.4940
MLTX
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics
1.9914 of 5 stars
$47.20
-0.7%
$74.50
+57.8%
+10.3%$3.02BN/A-20.522News Coverage
Positive News
MTSR
Metsera
N/A$28.45
-0.5%
$55.00
+93.3%
N/A$2.99BN/A0.0081
VKTX
Viking Therapeutics
4.2744 of 5 stars
$26.50
-0.1%
$87.15
+228.9%
-45.1%$2.98BN/A-23.0420Trending News
Insider Trade
MOR
MorphoSys
N/A$18.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.86B$238.28M-5.45730News Coverage
KYMR
Kymera Therapeutics
3.1664 of 5 stars
$43.64
-1.1%
$59.61
+36.6%
+48.1%$2.84B$47.07M-14.08170Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ALVO
Alvotech
3.5283 of 5 stars
$9.12
-0.2%
$18.00
+97.4%
-24.2%$2.75B$491.98M24.651,032
IMVT
Immunovant
1.4071 of 5 stars
$16.00
-0.6%
$38.33
+139.6%
-37.5%$2.73BN/A-5.84120
CRNX
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
3.3037 of 5 stars
$28.76
-4.0%
$74.56
+159.2%
-31.8%$2.69B$1.04M-7.53210
CPRX
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
4.921 of 5 stars
$21.70
-0.4%
$32.83
+51.3%
+42.5%$2.65B$534.65M13.8280
HCM
HUTCHMED
1.3497 of 5 stars
$15.05
-0.3%
$19.00
+26.2%
-13.9%$2.62B$630.20M0.001,811

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This page (NASDAQ:AVXL) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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